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Synthesis of Superconducting Oxides and Oxide/Metal Composites by Oxidation of Metallic Precursors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Gregory J. Yurek ,
John B. Vander Sande  and
David A. Rudman
Gregory J. Yurek
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
John B. Vander Sande
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
David A. Rudman
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Abstract

One method for the synthesis of superconducting oxides is high temperature oxidation of a metallic alloy (a metallic precursor) that contains the metallic constituents of the oxide. In addition, a noble metal can be added to the precursor such that, after oxidation, a two phase, finely divided oxide/metal composite results. Superconducting oxides have been produced from Eu-Ba-Cu and Yb-Ba-Cu alloys by oxidizing the alloys at 300°C followed by an “oxygen anneal” at elevated temperatures. Similarly, a Eu1,Ba2Cu3O7−x /Au composite has been formed from a quaternary metallic precursor. each case an onset of superconductivity occurred at about 92K. This approach to producing superconducting oxides is felt to have a number of advantages associated with it, not the least of which is the improvement of the mechanical properties of the superconducting product.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 99: Symposium AA – High-Temperature Superconductors , 1987 , 619
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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